Everton v Liverpool
Barclays Premier League
Venue: Goodison Park Date: Sunday, 29 November 2009 Kick-off: 1330 GMT
Coverage: BBC Sport website, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio Merseyside 95.8 FM, 1485 AM and DAB, live on Sky Sports & highlights on Match of the Day 2
Everton midfielders Marouane Fellaini and Diniyar Bilyaletdinov return from suspension for the Merseyside derby.
Louis Saha and Jack Rodwell are both doubts after picking up injuries in Wednesday's defeat at Hull.
Liverpool will give Fernando Torres a fitness test on his injured groin, with David Ngog ready to deputise again.
Ryan Babel is still sidelined with an ankle problem and Philipp Degen serves the final match of his three-game suspension.
Everton
Suspended: None
Doubtful: Osman (ankle), Rodwell (groin), Saha (unspecified)
Injured: Anichebe, Arteta, Jagielka, Neville & Vaughan (all knee)
Liverpool
Suspended: Degen (one game)
Doubtful: Torres (groin), Riera (hamstring)
Injured: Babel (ankle)
Last season Liverpool and cross-city rivals Everton lost a combined total of just 11 of their 76 Premier League games; this term they have already lost 11 between them in just 26 matches.
Players can't take fans for granted - Moyes
It has been misery across the Mersey so far this season for both clubs, but where better to kick-start a revival than against your closest and oldest foes.
Both managers point to lengthy injury lists but Liverpool, in particular, should have been able to cope with the frequent absence of Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard given the size of their squad and the fact that manager Rafa Benitez has signed 48 players since 2004 - 28 more than Manchester United over the same period.
Everton themselves have missed arguably their two best players in Phil Jagelika and Mikel Arteta during a testing start to the season that reached a nadir on Wednesday during a first-half capitulation against Hull, which was described by manager David Moyes as one of the worst displays of his seven-year tenure as Goodison boss.
They have now won just one of their last 10 games in all competitions since the start of October and with news that their application for a new stadium has been rejected, it could be a bleak midwinter for Moyes's men.
The last time these two met was in an FA Cup replay last season and television viewers were left choking as match coverage switched to a Tic Tac commercial with two minutes of extra time remaining. It was all sweet for Toffees fans though when the coverage returned to Dan Gosling being mobbed after his goal dumped Liverpool out.
Head-to-head
• Everton haven't beaten Liverpool in the league for five games.
A 3-0 win at Goodison Park in 2006 is their only win in the past nine league meetings with the Reds.
• There have been more red cards (17) in this fixture than in any other in Premier League history.
• They have met 211 times in all competitions - Liverpool have 82 wins, Everton 65 and there have been 64 draws.
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606: DEBATE
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Everton
• Everton have not lost at home in the league since a 6-1 thrashing on the first day of the season to Arsenal.
• The Toffees are only four points worse off than they were after 13 games of last season and they went on to finish fifth.
• Everton have conceded 23 goals in 13 games this campaign. Only in 1994-95 have they had a worse Premier League record at this stage of the season (24 goals).
Liverpool
• Liverpool have lost their last three Premier League away matches - they have not lost four in a row since October 2006.
• Rafa Benitez's side have conceded 20 goals from their 13 games this season, only in 1992-93 have they had a worse record (21 goals).
• Liverpool have been shown the most red cards in the Premier League this season (three).
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Everton
Saha: 9 goals (7 league)
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Liverpool
Torres: 10 goals (10 league); Benayoun: 5 goals (4 league)
Referee: Alan Wiley
Assistant referees: Shaun Procter-Green & Trevor Massey
Fourth official: Lee Mason
Everton (L3-2 v Hull City, a): Howard, Neill, Yobo, Distin, Baines, Cahill, Rodwell (Jo 60), Heitinga, Pienaar, Saha, Yakubu (Gosling 46). Subs Not Used: Nash, Hibbert, Coleman, Duffy, Baxter.
Liverpool (D2-2 v Man City, h): Reina, Carragher, Skrtel, Agger (Kyrgiakos 11), Insua, Mascherano, Lucas, Kuyt, Gerrard, Babel (Benayoun 18), Ngog, Benayoun (Aurelio 85). Subs Not Used: Cavalieri, Aquilani, Riera, El Zhar.
Everton scorer: Gosling 118
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